Jim Fulner jimfulner@identi.ca
Detroit, United States
Promote Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Software Libertarian
Taxation is Theft
1 month ago via AndStatus To: Public, Followers
So this morning Chessie and I were talking about eating healthy and that got into me wanting to live long and the if she had kids I could be their Grandpa to which she responded "then I will have to pay the taxes" with a real grumpy face.
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Note - BOSTON I THE FALL! I am gonna make the #FSF40 anniversary PARTY. October 2025.…
3 months ago via AndStatus To: Public, Followers
BOSTON I THE FALL!
I am gonna make the #FSF40 anniversary PARTY. October 2025. Will you be there?
Forty years of commitment to software freedom — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software
https://www.fsf.org/fsf40/
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URL: https://hostux.social/users/Fu/statuses/114012255557063626
4 months ago via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
My DAUGHTER is selling #GirlScout #Cookies. Please support her troop and empower their possibilities. https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/zebedee263529 Available for shipping anywhere in USA or In SE Michigan pick "girl delivery" and she will bring them to your house personally. If you'd rather make a donation please contact me directly and I can give you more information.If you'd rather make a donation please contact me directly and I can give you more information.As all my friends know, Z is my daugther, not my cousin. I copy/pasted her cousin's post, and pump.io doesn't seem to have a DELETE option.
EDIT:OK looks like I can fix it easily from #AndStatus just couldn't find the option on the web client. @evan@identi.caNote - since we were doing this long ago enough for me to miss the bus heres my logo…
9 months ago via AndStatus To: Public, Followers, a(n) person
since we were doing this long ago enough for me to miss the bus heres my logo proposal for the fediverse
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URL: https://brain.d.on-t.work/notes/9x9k2o6acyqq2bcjJim Fulner likes this.
10 months ago via AndStatus To: Public, Followers
The only thing we should be intolerant of is intolerance.It Is A Sad World
1 year ago via Impeller To: Public CC: Followers
In another case of history rhyming with deja vu all over again, Ecuador breached and raided the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest a fugitive (amd former VP) who was holding up there after Mexico granted him political asylum.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68748011
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mattblaze@federate.social
URL: https://federate.social/@mattblaze/1122268643704294741 year ago via AndStatus To: Public, Followers
Applications and services for identifying mushrooms have appeared
recently. The user gives a photo as input and it will tell the
mushroom's name, along with information on whether it is edible or
not. Such programs claim to be driven by "artificial intelligemce."
Experts warn that these tools may make mistakes which can potentially
sicken or even kill a user. The error can happen at two levels.
First, given an input image, the program might wrongly identify the
species. Second, an error in the database may tell users that a
certain kind of mushroom is edible, when in fact it is not. The
latter issue is complicated for several factors influence toxidity:
region, season and method of cooking. Some mushrooms are known to
cause problems when consumed with alcohol.
We can tell people about the hazards of non-free software using these
"artificial intelligence" systems as examples. One may want to modify
the program to correctly warn the user that the mushroom in the photo
looks toxic, or examine the code to determine why it makes mistakes,
but non-free software does not allow that.
Another issue I would like to raise is that many people erroneously
believe that "artificial intelligence" is an improved form of software.
Conventional programs are accurate when properly written, but "AI"
systems work on a different principle which cannot guarantee accuracy.
Many people fail to understand this. They think: "Computers are accurate.
AI makes computers better so one with AI must also be accurate."
We are discussing single-purpose systems here, but sooner or later we
will have general-purpose image identification systems which claim to
be capable of properly identifying most things around us, including wild
mushrooms, herbs, snakes, jellyfish and all else.
Relying on AI to Identify Mushrooms Could Kill You
https://gizmodo.com/ai-mushroom-id-dangerous-consumer-advocates-warn-1851355484
Mushrooming Risk: Unreliable A.I. Tools Generate Mushroom
Misinformation - Public Citizen
(long article)
https://www.citizen.org/article/mushroom-risk-ai-app-misinformation/
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libreplanet-discuss mailing list1 year ago via AndStatus To: Public, Followers
A beautiful spring day in Michigan.real SMS SCREENSHOT
1 year ago via Impeller To: Public, Félix Puga Henríquez CC: Followers
My buddy nate has jokes for days!
Poising AI its like putting hot sauce in your lunch
1 year ago via AndStatus To: Public, Followers
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/26/nightshade-the-tool-that-poisons-data-gives-artists-a-fighting-chance-against-ai/ I wish these people would just embace AI and find a different way to make their living. IP enforcement makes the whole world blind.POST across Federated Platforms
1 year ago via Impeller To: Public, jxself CC: Followers
@jxself@datamost.com I recall sometime ago you mentioning that you had written a program called p that allowed you to post to both pump.io & ActivityPub simultaneously. WHERE CAN I FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT?
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Merry Xmas From St. Jude Boswell ok
1 year ago via Impeller To: Public CC: Followers
Practicing for today's Epiphany play
Niger will soon become an oil exporter after the commissioning of the longest oil pipeline...
1 year ago via Impeller To: Public CC: Followers
just in time for their "leadership" to agree to phase out fossil fuels to appease white liberals.
1 year ago via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC: Followers
So apparently this is what Americans do now, they just impeach the other parties presidents, because reasons. US House to vote Thursday on formalizing Biden impeachment inquiry -lawmaker (msn.com)1 year ago via AndStatus To: Public, Followers
I would rather see actual restitution, but this seems like a good start https://abc13.com/chipotle-woman-throws-bowl-at-work-rosemary-hayne-ohio-sentenced-to-in-fast-food/14149133/Villa and Maldini, luxury guests in Jeddah for pre-tour of FIFA Club World Cup
1 year ago via AndStatus To: Public, Followers
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1142692/villa-maldini-jeddah-fifaThe real danger of AI
1 year ago via Impeller To: Public CC: Followers
@Shadowman311@poa.st 🔗 https://poa.st/objects/d851dd9f-915e-4a47-9898-7ebd9049abcd
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The danger of AI isn't skynet, it's insurance companies using AI tools to raise your premiums in real time using CCTV and sensors in your phone, it's police using AI algorithms to engage in "predictave policing" and sentiment analysis of political dissidents, it's governments using AI Generated articles to drown out Google searches for some scandal that just happened, it's some AI tool allowing corporations to make more complex inferences about you using the data they already have on you and then using that to charge you for something.It's exploitation with a thin veil of objectivity and "mathematical facts", that's the danger, an insurance provider you can't argue with, a cop you can't reason with or even see, it's a notification on your phone telling you that you owe an extra grand on your taxes or insurance premiums because you got in a car accident or something else.
https://yewtu.be/watch?=MUEXGaxFDA
